SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENTS OF "CAUCASUS FOUR" TO COME TOGETHER
Author: S.Agayeva

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Nov 9 2006

The next meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the CIS
countries has been scheduled to take place in Saint-Petersburg
on November 15-17, Trend reports with reference to the website
of the Assembly. The meeting is expected to cover the improvement
and reformation of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), 15th
anniversary of the CIS, precepts and results of co-operation within
the Commonwealth. It is planned to adopt a number of documents,
especially eight laws linked with the security, recommendations
regarding migration, several legal documents including ecological,
water and education codes.

In addition, within the meeting of the Assembly, it is expected to
hold the meeting of the "Caucasus four" – heads of the parliaments of
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Russia. This meeting is expected to
bring together the Chairman of the Russian State Duma Sergey Mironov,
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov, Georgian Speaker
Nino Burdjanadze and Armenian – Tigran Torosyan.